Improvement in machines for waxing and tarring soft cording, rope-yarns



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RAYMOND BLAKISTON AND WILLIAM G. BLAKISTON, OF QUEBEC, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR WAXING AND TARRING SOFT CORDINGI ROPE-YARNS.86C.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,269, dated April18, 1876; application filed September 28, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known'that we, RAYMOND BLAKIS- TON andWILLIAM GoMPToN BLAKrsToN, both of the city of Quebec, in the Dominionof Oanada,.sail-makers, have invented a new and useful Improvement onMachines for Waxing and Tarring Soft Oording, Rope- Yarns, and all kindsof Twines made from Jute, Flax, or Cotton, which improvement is setforth in the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawlngs.

The "object of the invention is to wax and tar soft cording, rope-yarns,and .all kinds of twines made from jute, flax, or cotton morethoroughlyand evenly, and with a greater saving of time and waxingmaterial, than by any other process now in use in sail-makers lofts orin factories where twines and threads are eithermade or used.

The machine consists of a box, A, higher at one end than at the other,the increase of height extending from the center to upper rim. This boxis placed in an outer case, B, but larger, leaving a space of a coupleof inches between the two. At the highest end of inside box a frame orgrating, (l, is placedat an angle and parallel to the slope of the boxat that end, whose bars, a a a, support three wringers, D D D, made of.cork held in iron clamps, one of each set being movable. By turning thehandles 0 c c, the wringers are opened or closed to the requiredpressure or degree. Each wringer is in a separate compartment, dividedfrom the other by a movable partition, E, (Fig. 2,) and each compartmentis provided with a separate cover, d. (See Fig. 5.) At the lowest end ofinside box three guides, F F F, enter the box at an angle of abouttwenty-three degrees, each guide being furnished with three bars, f, presentingthe appearance of a small ladder.

When the machine is to be used, it is placed on an ordinary flat-toppedstove or furnace, G, in which a fire is to be lighted. The outer case Bis almost filled with warm water, and into. the inner box A is pouredthe waxing or t'arring material, previously melted and prepared fromcertain ingredients. The

warm water in the outer case keeps this material at an even temperatureand prevents it from boiling over the inner case. The ball of twine H tobe waxed is placed on the floor, (twines in skeins must be placed onordinary spindles or reels.) The inner end of the ball is taken andpassed into the machine at F, under that one of the guide-bars f whichkeeps it at the required depth in the Waxing material; then it iscarried through the cork wringer D, which takes off the surplus materialand at the same time presses the waxing material into the fibers of thetwine, the wringer being put at the required pressure by turning handle0,- finally, it passes out at the high end of box A at I over rollersplaced there to prevent friction, and then is rolled up on bobbins J, asspecially shown in plan view in Fig. 5.

The driving-wheel K, with belt L, may be worked by hand or attached tomachinery in factories, and when not required to wind the bobbins thebelt may be shifted from live pulley M to dead pulley N by means of abelt-shifter 0. (See Fig. 6.)

In the machine hereinbefore specified there are three compartments andthree wringers, so that three twines may be waxed at the same time, andeither one may be stopped or be prepared without interfering with theworking of the others. Of course, in a larger machine the number ofcompartments and wringers could be increased.

By the use of this machine there is a saving of time and labor,especially in large sailmakers lofts where there are a number of menemployed who have to wax their twine and thread by hand.

In factories Where twines and cords are made it could be used toadvantage, and the twines, lines, 850., could be sent out from thencewaxed or tarred and ready to be worked up. Twines, yarns, cording, &c.,waxed or tarred in the manner described are more durable, morethoroughly imbued or saturated with the material, easier to work up, andwill last longer in the material sewed.

We claim as our invention 1. The combination, as hereinbefore described,of the wax-box A, (higher at one end ers D, and a warm-water vessel, B,substanthan at the other,) the grating 0, arranged 'tially as described.at an angle and provided with elastic wringeis D, and a warm-watervessel, B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as herein- Witnesses: beforedescribed, 0f the wax-box A, inclined P. G. MURPHY,

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guide F, grating 0, provided with elastic wring- M. UREAN.

